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Title: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: Photomaster on February 29, 2012, 03:52
Hi all!

I am selling vectors and photos at SS and Fotolia mostly. However sometimes my images (vectors) got rejected since they find raster arts. At the same time all other stockphoto sites does not. I use a plug in named "Graffix" to check raster objects. Sometimes even if i run the plug in and also check manually SS rejects it with the same reason. This makes me think if SS has another way to check raster arts, does somebody know any other useful plug in for Illustrator for this purpose? I would be grateful!
Title: Re: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: halfshag on February 29, 2012, 04:13
http://rj-graffix.com/software/plugins.html#SelectMenu (http://rj-graffix.com/software/plugins.html#SelectMenu)

Edit: I think this is the plugin you're using but it does a good job of finding raster elements, hasn't let me down yet.

As far as I know there is no way to check programatically with PHP etc for raster elements as you can for other things.
Title: Re: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: Photomaster on February 29, 2012, 04:26
Yes this is the one i am using, apparently it does not detect all types of raster, or SS has a weird way to discover those!
Title: Re: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: Noodles on February 29, 2012, 05:41
I use Vector Inspector but I don't think its supported anymore. Regardless, all you need to do is look in your "Links" window. That will show any raster's.
Title: Re: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: Photomaster on February 29, 2012, 05:52
I use Vector Inspector but I don't think its supported anymore. Regardless, all you need to do is look in your "Links" window. That will show any raster's.

I tried that, it shows nothing whatsoever but still it is raster in the image according to what SS say :(
Title: Re: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: Noodles on February 29, 2012, 05:58
I use Vector Inspector but I don't think its supported anymore. Regardless, all you need to do is look in your "Links" window. That will show any raster's.

I tried that, it shows nothing whatsoever but still it is raster in the image according to what SS say :(

That's strange hey!  Can't say I have ever had that problem. What version are you saving to? EPS 8 or 10?

Just a thought. Have you tried closing the file and then opening it again, and checking?  I have noticed that Links don't always appear initially but should do when the file is re-opened.
Title: Re: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: Microbius on February 29, 2012, 06:27
I use Vector Inspector but I don't think its supported anymore. Regardless, all you need to do is look in your "Links" window. That will show any raster's.

I tried that, it shows nothing whatsoever but still it is raster in the image according to what SS say :(
Had the same thing happen, there's a thread about it on SS where a few people had a load of "No Bitmaps" rejections.
Poorly trained inspector, all mine were overturned on resubmit. Just check your links pallet.
Title: Re: Plug in to check raster art in Illustrator?
Post by: jm on February 29, 2012, 06:38
I had a problem with vectors approvals on SS since I bought CS5. When I opened saved files in script or text edit EPS10 looked like CS1 file and therefore they were rejected. I had to contact support several times - now they are approved without problems.